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        relating to including cuttings as a form of propagation for citrus  | 
      
      
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        budwood and citrus nursery stock certification programs. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Sections 19.002(3) and (5), Agriculture Code,  | 
      
      
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        are amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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                     (3)  "Citrus budwood" means a portion of a stem or  | 
      
      
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        branch of a citrus tree containing buds used in propagation from  | 
      
      
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        cuttings or by budding or grafting. | 
      
      
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                     (5)  "Citrus nursery" means a producer of citrus trees  | 
      
      
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        propagated from cuttings or through the budding or grafting of  | 
      
      
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        citrus trees using certified citrus budwood. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives  | 
      
      
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        a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as  | 
      
      
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        provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this  | 
      
      
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        Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this  | 
      
      
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        Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 979 passed the Senate on  | 
      
      
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        April 11, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 979 passed the House on  | 
      
      
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        May 14, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, two  | 
      
      
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        present not voting. | 
      
      
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        Approved: | 
      
      
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